Ticker

Poland's Consitutional Tribunal rules against government

Poland's Constitutional Tribunal ruled Wednesday that the law modifying its own composition and functionning was unconstitutional. The law passed in December was one of the reasons why the European Commission launched a rule of law monitoring procedure. The Polish government said in advance it would not recognise the tribunal's decision.

Central European countries say they have "nothing to hide" on rule of law issues - while justice commissioner Vera Jourova said they should agree to the Commission's controversial budget plans on rule of law conditionality.

Giovanni Buttarelli, the European data protection supervisor, says the EU-US data sharing pact known as Privacy Shield will play an increasingly minor role given the general data protection regulation.